United Kingdom forest
Windsor Great Park
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42% trees around it and 1,869 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km42%
- wild within 10 km77%
- species recorded1,869
- Altitude83 m
The forest around
42% trees.
Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.
Trees, ring by ring
- 0–1 km54%
- 1–3 km40%
- 3–6 km49%
- 6–10 km36%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees40%
- Grassland46%
- Water1%
- Cropland7%
- Built-up5%
ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.
Who lives here
1,869 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
VU
Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.
In numbers
The forest, measured.
Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).
- 42%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 77%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 1,869Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
- 83 mAltitudeabove the sea
When to walk
Best for walking in September.
How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.
- Jan1°68 mm
- Feb1°56 mm
- Mar2°52 mm
- Apr4°44 mm
- May7°57 mm
- Jun10°58 mm
- Jul12°60 mm
- Aug12°67 mm
- Sep10°46 mm
- Oct7°77 mm
- Nov4°77 mm
- Dec2°74 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Windsor Great Park.
Royal Park near the town of Windsor, England
Windsor Great Park is a forest in United Kingdom.
Seen from space, 42% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 77% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
1,869 species have been recorded around it: 1,000 plants, 657 fungi, 185 birds and 27 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Green alkanet, Creeping Thistle and Ribwort plantain.
The best time to walk is in September.
Get there and walk
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Bears Railscampsite · 1.0 km · 8 within 10 km
- De Vere Beaumont Estateplace to stay · 2.0 km · 106 within 10 km
- Old Windsornearest town · 1.9 km in a straight line
- London Heathrow Airport (LHR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 10 km in a straight lineCar hire at LHR airport (London)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The forest and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 11marked trails within 5 kmThree Castles Path, European walking route E2 west, UK, South East England, Colne Valley Way and 8 more
- 10named and notable trees within 6 kmAnkerwycke Yew, Queen Charlotte's Tree, Queen Victorias Tree and 7 more
- 17picnic sites within 4 km
- 25shelters and huts within 6 kmLegoland Entrance and 24 more
- 6viewpoints within 5 kmCascade and 5 more
- 4visitor centres within 6 kmThe Savill Building, Guest Services, Royal Windsor Information Center and 1 more
- 126car parks within 3 km
- 8campsites within 10 kmBears Rails, Queen's Acre Caravan & Camping Site, Earleywood Campsite and County Centre and 5 more
- 106places to stay within 10 kmDe Vere Beaumont Estate, Royal Adelaide Hotel, Cedar Tree Guest House and 103 more
- 31restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Windsor Great Park.
The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas19 mountains within 25 kmNorthala Fields19 kmRichmond Hill21 kmSonning Hill21 kmCastlebar Hill22 kmPewley Hill24 kmSt Catherine's Hill24 kmHog's Back154 m · 25 kmSt Martha's Hill25 km
Lakeyas9 lakes within 15 kmVirginia Water Lake0.4 km² · 3.9 kmQueen Mother Reservoir2.4 km² · 5.6 kmWraysbury Reservoir2.5 km² · 5.8 kmKing George VI Reservoir1.6 km² · 7.1 kmSt Ann's Lake0.4 km² · 7.7 kmStaines Reservoirs1.0 km² · 8.0 kmAbbey Lake0.3 km² · 8.1 kmQueen Mary Reservoir3.1 km² · 10 km
Darkskyas4 dark-sky places within 30 kmObservatory HouseBortle 8 · 7.1 kmKew ObservatoryBortle 9 · 20 kmNortholt Branch ObservatoriesBortle 9 · 20 kmAldershot ObservatoryBortle 7 · 23 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soonRoyal Windsor Wheel4.5 km↗
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The forest, as people saw it.
Other forests nearby.
Windsor Great Park
United Kingdom
- 61Forestyas Score
- 42%Trees
- 77%Wild
- 1,869Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3569306) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 118,534 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Names and photos | Wikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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